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family  

Definition(s)

  • Family in Africa is characterized by persons, unborn, living, or deceased, who are related to each other or may become related to each other through direct blood and ancestral affinity. Members of the same family are related to a common ancestor in biological as well as sociospiri-tual terms. [Source: Encyclopedia of African Religion; Family]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BV2ND26K-8

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